Behind the Sign

Heartbreak, Betrayal, and Poetry: The Legend of Lynden, Washington

I think it was my love of “Legends of the Fall” that resonated with me when I first beheld the statue of a diminutive matron in Victorian dress in downtown Lynden, Washington. A nearby sign with a photograph that may have served as the model for the statue identified the woman as “Phoebe Goodell Judson (October 25, 1831 - January 16, 1926). First woman settler who gave Lynden its name, and considered to be the “Mother of Lynden” for the care and love she showed for all those who called Lynden home.”

Confessions of a Sign Guy: Meet Paul Lachapelle

If you were to make the case that great sign makers are born, not made, Paul Lachapelle would serve as “Exhibit A.” His destiny might have seemed obvious from his childhood love of neon, but whatever the combination of nature and nurture played in determining his career path, the insurmountable fact is this: Paul Lachapelle is a stone cold sign guy.

Across The Great Divide: Seven Days in September (Part 2)

This is the second part of our two-part series describing seven days in September 1805 that Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discover spent crossing the Bitterroot Mountains on their way to the Columbia River -- and on to the the object of their quest: the Pacific Ocean.

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